Fertility and Child Status - Appendix 3

Variables Created

• CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.xx~M, CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.xx~Y--month and year of birth of youth's children (actual date)
• CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.xx--month of birth of youth's children (continuous month scheme)
• CV_CHILD_DEATH_DATE.xx~M, CV_CHILD_DEATH_DATE.xx~Y--month and year of death of youth's biological children
• CV_CHILD_DEATH_MONTH.xx--month of death of youth's biological children (continuous month scheme)
• CV_CHILD_STATUS.xx--status of youth's children
• CV_BIO_CHILD_HH--number of children ever born (biological, not adopted) to the youth as of the survey date and residing in the household
• CV_BIO_CHILD_NR--number of children ever born (biological, not adopted) to the youth as of the survey date not residing in the household
• CVC_TTL_BIO_CHILD--total number of biological children (collapsed variable)

This program creates a number of variables describing the youth's fertility and the current status of the youth's children. For more information on the continuous month system, see Appendix 7.

Link to Fertility and Child Status program file